Religion in Conflict: Are 'Evangelical Atheists' Too Outspoken?

Free Inquiry by Paul Kurtz | Feb. 27, 2007 (Editorial)

The recent publication of four books--The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins; The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation, both by Sam Harris; and Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel Dennett--has provoked great controversy and consternation.* The fact that books by Dawkins and Harris have made it to The New York Times best-seller list has apparently sent chills down the spines of many commentators; not only conservative ... Full Story »

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by Tim Egan - Oct. 1, 2008

I thought it was an excellent article until the last section, "The Iraqi Bloodbath". It seemed totally out of context compared to what had been discussed up to that point. Kind of Michael Moorish where the author felt like he just couldn't pass up an opportunity to comment on the Iraq debacle. I'm not disagreeing with his position it's just that the deviation from the well thought out coherence of the article up to that point was somewhat discredited. One more thing. Why isn't humanism just as legitimate a religion as all the others?